Before, During, and After the War

The posters for the war impacted the society. Posters were created to try to persuade people to join the war or to support it. The posters ranged from serious topics such as people dying, to cartoons. Some designers had some hard feelings for Hitler, Pearl Harbor and the actual war itself, and this influences the way they created posters. One person discussed in this section of reading was Kauffer, and he created posters for the Allie nations. Meanwhile, Ben Shahn was a designer on the other side for the Nazis. He used intense images by being straightforward with his target audience. After the war, with the Allies winning, and leaving Germany in distraction the CCA "decided to commission paintings by artists from each of the then 48 states"(Meggs History of Graphic Design 367-347). These posters followed more of the Bauhaus idea which is "the union of art with life". Posters started to become more advanced during this period with stronger images and messages.
I really liked how the posters varied for the war. They would have strong messages and then they would tone it down with cartoon messages.
What does the CCA stand for?

I really liked the McDonald's poster. McDonald's are everywhere in the world, and the M is distinguishable. That poster really caught my attention with the color and with the upside down M for spelling our war. Some of the posters have such strong messages with blood splatters in a form of a hand print and the images of the terrorists.

Images 1&2

This is an image for Gold fish for the Arts and Crafts period. They had a lot of clutter almost and it was very natury and flowery. The type was very bold and orderly. I did a design around the edge of the type because that is what I think of when I think of Arts and Crafts. I will probably go back in and fix the blank space around the type because when looking at the images in the Arts and Crafts chapter the whole page was filled.

This is my second image for the Industrial Revolution. I used different type that we learned about. I have fat face, Tuscan, and Egyptian type in there. In the ads back during the Industrial revolution they would bold the words and letters that were more important than the others. I feel like they kept there posters more simple and to the point.

American Kitsch

American Kitsch seems very random. Its tacky and it is almost ugly. It really reminds me of what old people would like as art. The image on the website makes me laugh because it just reminds me of a mess that a little kid could easily make.
The World War 2 posters were very geometrical. They showed some color, but they also showed the truth almost. I feel like these posters are also designed pretty simple.
What I found interesting was that Kitsch is an art movement that a lot of people don't seem to like.
Who created the Kitsch movement?

Postcubist pictorial modernism

This section of reading started off talking about Hitler and a little bit of World War 2. It was in the beginning of World War 2 when the swastika was used for the Nazis. Everything in the Germany was supposed to have the swastika somewhere, even if you didn't beleive. Hitler also talked about the master race, which if i remember correctly was blonde hair and blue eyes. There posters were also affected by the war. The writing and lettering became dark, bold, and heavy. Art deco became during the 1920s and 1930s. It was said that this style might have been a branch off of art nouveau. Kauffer had a major impact on this chapter as well. He designed a lot of different things, from posters, to ads, to signs. Cassandre was another designer who influenced this chapter with designing new typefaces. Germany was also the main center for design beginnings.
What I found interesting about this section of reading was that Hitler had a big influence on design during World War 2. I would assume that if you did something against what he liked, that would be the end of you.
Do we know if Hitler created any propaganda himself since he "had an uncanny knack for visual propaganda" (Meggs History of Graphic Design 278).

Today in class I learned...

Today in class we had a presentation about Pictorial Modernism. This was an interesting presentation and I really enjoyed the pictionary game we played at the end. After we heard the presentation Laura had us try to keep us active today because we are all dead, and stressed because I know I am. But we talked about the propaganda posters from both Germany and the United States during World War 1. Then we did a quick talk about how we would think posters would look like today for the Iraq War.
I thought talking about how we would depict posters for the Iraq war was interesting to hear. Just to hear peoples different views on how to make people provide for the war was interesting.
My question from today is are there any well known posters for the Iraq war?

Posters, posters, and more posters

Plakatstil was developed in Germany during this time. Lucian Bernhard moved graphic communications further by simplifying and using less nature in his work. Bernhard developed a sans-serif lettering style painted in broad brushstrokes. He really liked to work simple, and this is how he was identified. Bernhard also worked with interior design and carpentry. Studying this lead to his work in architecture. He went to America, and no body really liked his work, so it took him a while to get people to like it. Sachplakate were a type of poster talked about in this chapter, and they were basically simple posters. And the poster goes to war! This was a major step in the poster career because this allowed the posters to be shown. Printing was becoming more advance during this period. And posters were really being used as propaganda at this time. The posters for the two sides were completely different from one another. The central powers stayed with the Vienna Secession style. More words and images were used on the posters as well. They also liked to show destruction as a propaganda strategy. The Allies used more literal images for their posters. Persuasive was another strategy to get people to join the war. For example, the one of Uncle Sam saying I want you for the army. Back then I think that would have been a good technique to get people to join the war. Many posters also showed the public contribution to the war by showing emotions. Hitler was discussed a little bit in this chapter. I feel like Hitler was such a strong critic. As discussed in class you said that he was a designer, but I guess no body liked his work so he had to criticize others. The swastika was created as the symbol for the Nazi party. The term art deco to me is a more simpler movement that was very geometric and linear.
What I found really interesting in this chapter was how the Allies and the Central Powers had different posters produced. They were both trying to get across the same ideas, but it is kind of cool how they are different from one another.
My question from this chapter is since Hitler had a thing for visual propaganda, did he create any of his own?

after classss

Today in class we learned about another presentation from Alexis about the influences of modern art. I liked this presentation because I really enjoyed the pictures she gave us that we had to identify what they were. I think that really helped me understand the movements a little bit better. Plus we got candy! =). Anyways after her presentation we went over our questions from the past week from our blogs. And it was really interesting to hear other questions that people in our class had, and to review what we learned.
I really enjoyed going over our questions because it helped me review what we learned about the past week, plus we went over new information.
My question from class is we might have gone over this in class, but from Alexis's presentation with the pictures, how is Umberto Bocioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space futurism movement?